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Thu 03 Mar 2000Credit unions hypocritical on taxation issue, says McCreevyThe controversy over the taxation of credit unions has erupted again after the Minister for Finance accused them and Independent deputies of "hypocrisy" and of advocating tax evasion in their demands for special treatment for credit union dividends.In comments that last night reignited the row between the credit unions and the Government, Mr McCreevy denounced proposals supported by the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) as "an open invitation to people to put their money in savings which will not come to the attention of the Revenue Commissioners".